{"id":5239,"date":"2011-05-18T21:35:06","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T02:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2011-05-19T05:43:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T10:43:13","slug":"cody-hodgson-iowa-speedway-race-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/cody-hodgson-iowa-speedway-race-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Hodgson Iowa Speedway Race Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cody Hodgson: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
\nIowa Speedway Race Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n

THE STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cody Hodgson of Escalon, Calif., will compete in the Pork ‘Be Inspired’ 175 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, on Saturday, May 21 \u2013 a combination race for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. Hodgson enters the fourth race of the season sitting 10th in the East Series standings, and the Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender is looking for his second Top-10 finish of the season. Iowa — a sister track to Richmond International Raceway, where the series last competed \u2013 represents the largest track Hodgson has ever raced on at .875-miles.<\/p>\n

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THE FACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

WHO: Cody Hodgson, Escalon, Calif.
\nTEAM: Dave Davis Motorsports No. 03 Ocala Gran Prix Chevrolet
\nCREW CHIEF: Lonnie Rush, Mooresville, N.C.<\/p>\n

BEST CAREER IOWA SPEEDWAY FINISH: N\/A
\nLAST RACE AT IOWA SPEEDWAY: N\/A<\/p>\n

WHAT: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East-West Pork ‘Be Inspired’ 175
\nWHERE: Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa (.875-mile D-oval)
\nWHEN: 8 p.m., Saturday, May 21<\/p>\n

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East<\/strong>
\nLAST RACE: Blue Ox 100, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Va. (19th)
\nNEXT RACE: June 4, Bowman Gray 150, Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C. (.25-mile oval)
\nCURRENT POINTS POSITION: 10th<\/p>\n

DID YOU KNOW?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cody Hodgson finished 19th at Richmond in his first career race on a track larger than a half-mile in length.<\/p>\n

Cody Hodgson and three-time NASCAR K&N Pro Series West champion Eric Holmes share the hometown of Escalon, Calif., and the combination race at Iowa marks the first time they’ve competed against one another in K&N Pro Series cars.<\/p>\n

Dave Davis Motorsports finished ninth overall in this event last season with driver Kevin Swindell after qualifying 19th.<\/p>\n

Cody Hodgson lives with team owner Dave Davis during the week, working at the shop during the day and competing on the weekends.<\/p>\n

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING<\/strong><\/p>\n

CODY HODGSON, Driver of the No. 03 Ocala Gran Prix Chevrolet, On racing at Iowa Speedway this weekend: \u201cThe team has learned some things they tried at Richmond didn’t really work. At the end of the race at Richmond, we struggled with a really, really loose car. I was just hanging on for dear life with what I had.<\/p>\n

We’re going to do some stuff a little differently this week, and they’re really confident that we’re going to have a good car. If they’re confident, then I’m confident. The track is similar to Richmond, but it’s a lot faster, there’s more banking and it’s easier on the driver. The banking’s not so progressive. The radius of the turns is a lot different, and the banking is a lot different. I’m looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

On racing against fellow Escalon, Calif., native Eric Holmes at Iowa: \u201cIt’s kind of funny, because we’re like the two biggest drivers moving up out of Escalon. It’s kind of cool that we’re going to be racing head-to-head against one another. I’ve been following him for the last 10 or 15 years. When I was a kid, he was someone that I really looked up to, so this will be a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

On sitting 10th in the overall standings after three races: \u201cI’m definitely happy with that. I was a little stressed out at Richmond, to be honest. It wasn’t the result I’d hoped for \u2013 we ran really well in South Boston, and we knew we could have been a Top-5 car there, but at Richmond all throughout the day we were struggling to get the car in the Top-10 (on speed). I was a little frustrated.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we learned a lot with the car, and we’re in the Top-10 in points now. That made me feel really good. That was a relief. Hopefully, we can just keep doing what we’re doing and keep getting better.\u201d<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/strong><\/p>\n

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East heads the tiny bullring at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., for the Bowman Gray 150 on Saturday, June 4… The race will be the debut for the series at the unique track best-known now as the setting for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series weekly Modified wars on the History Channel series \u201cMadhouse\u201d in 2009.<\/p>\n

Find out more on the racing forum<\/strong> – http:\/\/www.maineracer.com\/forum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cody Hodgson: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Iowa Speedway Race Preview THE STORY Cody Hodgson of Escalon, Calif., will compete in the Pork ‘Be Inspired’ 175 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, on Saturday, May 21 \u2013 a combination race for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. Hodgson enters […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45,4456],"tags":[15775],"class_list":["post-5239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","category-nascar-kn-pro-series","tag-nascar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}